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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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